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carolina watch man wkkklv vol mx salisbury n 0 ., december 9 1861 mvmi.ks 52 1 1 bill ner kd1t0r nd proi'ribtqr i\li nortiibun intelligence | n iln n'.ii i lk hay ii ok nov j.'l . \\ g present our reader to day some in . resting extracts from the baltimore sun ftlie 20th : . . , i i risokkr8 in hie south i uk ik conni nos imi i i.i > i ii r i s t..m i im l.l.l i ers â– philadelphia paper contain numer \' , icts ft om let tera received in t hal m ii hin i dav or two from th â– eedei nl nei â– r kichmond who w pre capi ur â€¢ thi batth ol i ; ill's bluff near lees i || â€¢ letters ive a full nccounl i itlle and v i mies uf the pi iso tiers . i â€¢ i . 1 although ncknow l tig ug t he ! i re ii metil nl the hands of t hen cap , the wi itei - hope for speedy reli i iu exch.'i ti t pi isotiers i'he . s of the battle contained in lhe let ... tig to w h at i s a i read v k no w n . â– make lhe o i iw i exti acts ho ever i ' im lieut hooi'kk e we losl tin 1 ;\', i here \\ is no ill i o surrender or swim the . bul n - doing we would have left â– hands ol the enemy : i u would be taken prison . . , : ei our commands nl i tin retreat had ' n sonit i it j - u - ui -â– >â€¢, am a,-i ,-- the ruer safe ; . ... there wore n great main a shot v ii ende i oring to . in ' 1 have no doubl i . '\ re drowt id | lie liirht w i a vei v si vero on â€¢. there nboul 1 300 men engaged on our . ', " > he enemy i i s â– ' magnified into 1 ui wl lie set down their foi â– â– â– at i we understood before we i ri iss it it was 4,000 i - - v ere fi ira five to - : .\ hundred of â€¢ i iers ami conveyed to i . es a . place we left for manassas in â€¢ i jrhl about 1 2 â– iv-lock and ar i there on \\ in - ii morning about fl man issas : he same â– ng or i ch ', md ni ived bei â– nb ml , ... on thursday moi ning w e are j ..,â€¢.â– !. 1 iu a large tobacco warehouse .- :: â– i taken at ' he h itl le of 1 . â– quartered the ntcomiii i i ll ll to i hose ol the t on neiilai might be in ich h i se than ; : ui â– . we are furnished with ns ol brea i and fresh meat da ly i ioth â– which are cceedii sjly _: â– â€¢ id and u i ~ : un danger of starving kor ex is â€¢,,,,. will : um in - an i get whatever ve an us i s as our money holds out the drawing setting apart certain pri rs to be dealt with in the ame m in , ... c iptured pri \ ateersm in al the n took ii ice , ui th 10th inst lieut iper says that the piisonors are ol lie m â€¢ h it the pi ivateersmeo will not be federal prisoners at charleston letter from colonel corcoranâ€”interest ing account of matters in castle pinck â– ., charleston harbor â€” condition oj the i a mi i'n nin rs \\ v ui the following extracts from . from col < loreoran ol the new .> sixt * ninth k igiiiieut now iu con ii itrit.nl at i ' isl le i hnokney s ( !. h .- i c in n'.-l it will be remembered at i in and is held as a hostage for n eoiivie-e 1 of piracy in fhila lei - i v , c says : in my last i mentioned that the people i v'u lesion had treated us w ah coiisid " i lesv on tli '' isioii ol our ar . i ami depai ture from ihat city but . : i stale mot her favorable change ir | id ul here 1 he officers hav e md on which the oas : mti i from reveille to retreat and owed on the ramparts until tattoo rank and lile are allowed the liberty be interior yard during the aforesaid i nu th . mge from \ ir ' i hospitalil v where we had not been i .- moment for air or exercise ng the ii \ da s of our detention in ever nn morable tobacco factory aud without bedi inij of any kind bishop of tin place v isit.'d im and .:, thai mild gentlemanly and chris ' â€” i i for which all our clergy every where and under all circumstances have , truly characterized h handed til the in ik 1 in his possession and ot b i lood in tin greatest need and p pointed to cine here last thursday to brate mass and attend to tbe religions iii - of tbe prisoners ; but the day 1 wet and btormj that it was impos - without imminent danger lo cross yer from the city but we expect him at his earhs-i i.nn__ni_iiÂ»i this is tho first timo thill any rijy.'iieiil ititcrcsl has lic-n taken tu om spiritual welfure tile good sisters ot'otlr i'altll i'e-i'llllg ill liichtnond who thank god can rine uliove nil national or sectional strife nnd contention of the world with their usual iiul self s.,,-1 ii,-ii : r am i christian disposi tion to render aid and comfort t tho af flicted attended lu bui h of our wounded is were at the o,.||,.ial s|iital ; and mir officers and men who were there and who represent all classes of religion are uimni mon in th.ii praise of tin care and attun lion bestowed m dressing mid cleaning the h oundi d and main ai â€¢ i ibuie their re ci i , i v io i hen nut ii mo exorl ions i n another letter col i loreoran write a follows : the prisoners here v ho lefi uichmond , m t he i i h uii coi -'-' of ihim four offi ci is nu ' 120 tion iniii'--i in i officers and privates among thu formal are tin ee colon is i ii itelinul colonel nnd u mnji u litis |, i is alieath wel known ilu re fore need no desci iption i'he en a'tuates nre , locupii'd us tin it lers as nu \ isitors nre iilh iwed here we nre not stil j cted to tin idle nnd i iff.*tisi u cut iosit \- ot spec i t â€¢!-. , was thu case ni kichmotid w here crowds were permilted lo nsseinlile in fronl of out iu iaon (" in nl ii nil day Â« hen ever we weiil to cat h h hi eath of ah al i he Â« ind iw -. Â« v !. the in favored i vidua ,.!.'( in . i |. ,--, . lo enter a in in it . cases i , ,, s . ,'.-,- ,. .;, ' . . .- is nil kinds of ones i ed llie | iple i uharh ston ;,'â– -â– â– i sti ing contrast in gen â– tn n v li i ivioin towards i on our hi i i ui ii i irtui : . ' i large number wei â– pi 'â€¢-,â€¢!,! oi in fusions i,,,t a gle , ti tisive word >\ is spoken or ac com mitted w â€¢â€¢ nre all here in gi â– al i 1 , if c ith ing nnd in many i â€¢ - - w l houl a - i ure atn of i lifferent tilings ii ially iiecessiit \ . i received some ill ,- tnuii i i , itive in 1 ill v have he : expended and lietitenaul < on noil and mysell are tnnotig the bankrupts i :â– ir some days past i am well sal sfii i there are some in * liarleston who would i \ ie iln ir lasi dollar with me but i can , - it n there appears to be no ' . ' ; lying perhaps for \ ear iiulei ' ullem ti were so kind as i -,, make in iiiiry il i needed anj thing ' which 1 repli i in the negative and while nl richmoi i i rcei ed . e iniinuiiicatioi from i gftiilemati from montgomi rv ala who is sa i to be one ol t he weal i hiesl gentlemen in that city stating that he was mosl desirous of supplying me with any â– dug i required 1 am j ,,-..â– sal isfied ti i i emain hi re as long a u may be consideri d nee -- iry to serve the purposes ol my governmenl or iir people ; but i am exceed ny j anxious thai the rank and file ufthe different regi ments should be seen lo as soon as possi ble the in ior fellow - are ill most earn eÂ»tl iii â– .;â– 1 to th bi rt interests of their mti ' . and are ul i ing much from w ir , f proper clothing or anv changes i under _ irtjients many are without shoes coats or bed covering which is a cheerless prospect with the near approach uf cold weaibei ; and above all things their poor families in n_aii cases musi certainly suffer from want ol the assistance they could i s - ii s.1 â€¢*!- if al liberty and many are 1 tin three mouths volunteers who made no provision lor absence beyond that time and whose future welfare depends upon their return al the very earliest pet iod till enemy i n ouli c ast v o un from a reliable source ihat a vauki â– â€¢ i i'gimen has landed and taken possession t portsmouth in this state and that there are ten yankee steamers in |' unlit , --. um wil h the ex â€¢ ptii n ol | ii in ivi row iv \., tic inhabitants aboul i ),- r ;,â– ..... ,, reckers and fishermen - have o-i ii iu their adhesion to the \ auk in order to save iheir properly 1 hese are a | pie sui gem ris and are in uo degree â€¢ t t ],,â– . :' tin population oi eastern north ( 1 a i ' o i i u a . mr farrow we are glad to hear gol safely off from the i ankees but we are n..t apprized as to how ins property hired â€” rali i jh registi r si ci nil congressional district â€” \\ e vai that the statement ofthe returns from uimvtli congressional district recently luitmlu'd in iln paper wa incur et i in iai-iit piiblisln-d by lis oave mr urns >. r - li " ; sucee-st'ui candidate only ,- 1 in-i^vtv over his principal competitor mi >. ib christian while according to tin iffll returns his actual majoiily wa i imvliieli would ha been inerci.-ed ha tbjhtunis from two companies one troti aiixi aud the i itb.r from montgomery beewcounted the official vote is a foi lowi^ashe 19:i',l christian 1758 wad dell i j 7 g ; ileaden 851 ral reg from the petersburg expn remarkable escape from lin colndom safe arrival home william ii parvin and william ik willis ofthe washington " greys cap ' lam thomas sparrow from washington n < '., passed through petersburg evening before last on their return home after a ong imprisonment at the north their sscupe from further confinement and their iubsequenl avoidance of detection and ar rest ar remarkable â€” almost miraculous itiey were taken prisoners in company with many other gallant north caroli mans at foi i i latlcras we aie all a main ted with the circumstances of the ui lender from llaltera \ ik \ wen im ken lo fori t.afavetle the bastile ol new \ oik here they were kopl in close con liiiumenl until the latter pai t .,;' i ctober wlnn thoy were ill pul aboard a sleumei and taken to 1 mi \\ ai i ui pear 1 1 ti m i ie full account of this removal w as copied in the express some time ago from ti new yoi k //. , aid < m i heir w ay to fori warr n parvin and willis formed some plan ol escape and announced their intention to captain sparrow who told ihem i hey musl do il l their risk ll the tailed heavy irons and close con tine rn nl for the b dam i t he w at â€¢â– â– onkl be their lot but ihe p .-*- sed brav hearts and were confident uf success lhe sup pli 1 tin m-e.i , s with bread and w iter a candle _â€¢ _-. ( hi llieii tirri al al i 'â– â– â– ton 1 in un u m ere uiau hed a n â– â€¢ i coiupa . as theii i am - wi re call d inline diati 1 bel re the i noes of the " \\ nsh mgioii iii were called parvin wi . - , . ih r company descended trom the dec's ui ,.| found their w a into un ex ira coal room of the steamei . hen the concealed thomseh i *-, and in a little w had built np a wail ot , ual at oulid iln iii ,: any poison entering the n id not disco er t hem their late c mi nis u ai in were g i,e and lhe w ere uow alone iu t he dark uuw hoh sotu bunk of an enemy's sieamer not know i y wl at a da or an hour might laine forth in tin condition they remained lor a day or probably a day and n night when a large number of sailors were brought abi ird the steamer to be shipped lo new york on the 1st of november the vessel left boston and lauded her load at the brooklyn navy yard in lhe bustle and confusion consequent upon their embarka l :.. our ii ro thought they iniybt leave their place of concealm lit and make iheir escape they gained the deck and went unobserved on shore with lhe crowd ot irs i bit tlu-y soon aw that their lime fore-cape bad not yet come all around the navy yard were statioued seiiiinels whom ii would be impossible to pass â€” ihev therefore resolved to return to the steamer and await yet longer ihey now concealed themselves in the private apart ment of the boat and remained ihus for two days when dually and asil providen tially in one of her tups the sti amer ran alotil of a schooner in the river and was reported so much damaged as to cause her to make tbr jersey city wnh all possible speed great excitement wa produced among her passengers and everything and everybody were in the utmost contusion a in favorable opportunity now lot the prisoners to scape aud lhe took a van tago ol it they left their hiding place again and as soon as the jerse city land ing was reached they rushed ashote lhe then took passage on a ferry boat for n yoik in tins great city ihey found a li lend w bo took them in and kindly cared for them 11 ud ised w hat lhe should di i and furnished them w ith moiie to complete their plans they took passagi io baltimore as i nion sailors anti sou thern >, coshers of the deepest dye lu tin noble monumental city tin had not fai l o go before meeting with friends of tb south and her defenders clothes an oven to them and ihey are aided in get ling employment on a wood schooner bound for some point on the lower marx land shore for sixteen days tiie workei like beavers and b their unusual indus trious habits and good behaviour tbey gained lbe unbounded confidence ol iln i laptain lbs every wish was law and every act was done with pleasure but lhe proud captain was soon to be deprived of ins prizes it was the night for parvin to keep watch and the captain had retir ed and willis bad pretended to do so bul hands were busy aseyes sails for tin smai boat attached to the schooner were mad and fitted the proper hour bad come the sign was given and the two men set forth upon the dark waters it was all : venture with them for tbey knew no whether lhc might land among friends ol em nne after long hours of suspense am w.ary travel they landed on the virgini side ofthe putomac below acqtiia greek mere they were taken in custody and sen i lo general holmes headquarters where i ihev were joyfully recognized by old sc luainiaiicos from norih carolina tbey were furnished with free passes over the ailroads homes is not this h strange and romantic tale e.uler uutil i nevertheless true and nits fiction to i he blush singular fncident.â€”the lynchburg lieptibheaii relates the following somewhsl ellial k.lble sl,,i y '. we were yesterday informed by h gen ili ii an i.i aii incident remarkable alike lor t singularity as wnll as for its melancholy fulfillment lo i he brothel of f the par i ieil co 1 1 1'.cl lie i 1 ii--i i lol e ! lie wal i i ike uii nn i before lincoln's proclamation was issued n young virginian nam i sum mertield was i-iiiii iheciiy of ns york where in ma tin acquaintance ol two misses 11 ; i om \\ at i i.ui v vermont 1 le became souiew bal intimate w ih i he \ oung ladies and th intei course seemed io i un ii i \ igr cable i lc proclama tion \> as i sin â€¢!. an i lhe w ie ie north ihi os ii n.i a blaze l uxciti ineut i poll i !,,' hel ies one v etiitig and at the hotii ol | irting 1 1 â– \ reiuai ked lo sum mertield tl il tin present meeting Â« ould ild i he last ilu ii ust hun . â– iu making up the o , i coats and , oihiug for the vuliiuteers from ihi n low li sutnniei field exptessed his legi i i that ' in y iniihl â€¢. i ui at the same tune ,'-], cially requested them lo see thai ,-, , re nits wen well in.l le .,- it was im mt ver met lbe vermont i â– â– giliienl .!, bul lie to kill one of them unci ns c it now for the sequel \ ir u ma seceded lhe second \ ermoul li - eiiiiei.i.a portion ot which was from the town of \\ ateibtiry was senl to virginia lhe hattie of manassas Â« as fought ill he were i iti^agi tl und so Â« as sum i v â€¢ â– : lc i al lie s marki d his man not knowing to what state he grd l he fatal ball was sped on its < r rai i f death the \ iclim foil al the flash ol the gun and upon rushing up to secure the in ud m in arms summertii id observ . . thai he had a fine new ovi rcoat sti ap ed to his hack wl ch he determined to appi pi iate lo in ow ii use the figl i w as over and sumu.ert.eid had time to oxam ; i e when leniat k ible as il mav appear the coat was marked in the lining with the name ol tl i nn .- lb ilmes and in t lc pockets w re found lei ters signed wi , lhe name of the sister whom sum mertield had known in new york and to w in ui i i had made the rem ark we have led in w hich i he dead man w as ad du --> d as in other i he e ideuce was conclusive in had killed the brother of his li ii in i and the leinai k w inch he had made i bad a nielaiiclii dy fulfilment we aie assured this narrative is literally true suninii iii id now wears the coat and our informant states is not a little impressed with the singularity of the coincidence salt the following proceedings with reference to supplying the people of the state with the article of salt s ere had in the ( . on v c 1 1 : i ii n on the 27th ull : m , . \\ oodtiu from t he committee on salt i ej oi led i hal lhe i ollllliittee had no means of ascerlaii ing the quantity requir ed by tin peo le of the slate or the amount on hand i here would doubtless be a great ,!â– ficiei i . i v as i stimati d that 51)0,000 bushels were annually consumed in the stale i here w as not more than one-tilth of this amount in market now and pro i ablv anol her lit 1 b was m t he li of those win had already purchased foi their own use the deficiency woul . amount to at le 1 300,000 bushels and tin the sah works near abingdon va whence our slip i was chiefly drawu,ooiild lint furnish uu ic lhan out bushel ill till it was the opinion of the committee we mii-t look to tiie manufacture ol salt on ; in sea boai d i the besi means ol s cm ing a supply . the thought an abund ance could be pr , ctiied ou the si-aeon 1 boiling even at this season ol lhe sear und at less than ._ per bushel individual enterprise was totally inadequate lo the production of the quantity needed aud immediate actiou was uecessary the report was accompanied by an or dinance proposing the appointment of 8 commissioner lo enter at once upon tin manufacture of sail on the coast to la furnished to lhe people of the state at est including price of transportation the or di nance appro nates 100,000 to be usei in erecting and furnishing the oecessan works this ordinance together with tin report waa ordered to be printed and liei over under rule tor consideration to-mor row the kl.lv toral ticket we are not disponed to continue or pro mote a controversy in regard to tbe late electoral vote in ihis slate nor will wo bandy epithets with those who from bad habits if not from bad breeding are too prone to indulge in unjust false and vul gar criticism upon tbe characters action or motives of gentlemen whose high mor al standing places ihem far above the reach of tbe shafts of malice bul it may be proper for us as we have unwittingly aided in placing tbe names of tbe genilemen which appeared on the people's ticket in a position to in aimed at and traduced by those who are unwortby to be named in the ame connection wit-fa th m to l r i\e n word of explanation the ih-i electoral ticki t whicli we saw published iu the state i|,],,:ii a in ihe lialeigb register from an anonymous correspondent that ticket ue presume formed lbe basis of the other tickets which afterwards appeared find ing thai the members of the legislature had f'aili ,| lo suggesi n ticket and tbal tbe peo le had let lbe lime slip for doing so the standard wilh the sole ie\v ol'liai inonizing the feelings of all proposed a lickei without consulting any one which we hoped would be acceptable we were unfortunate in our suggestions not sup posing that any dislike to us or to mir com â€¢â€¢ would necessarily pi luce in a m.-it tei of that kind a diversity of sentiment our cotemporaiies , the register and ireensborougb patriot al once raised tbe names of messrs graham and bragg for the state it large instead of messrs lieid in uu which we had named and the i harlotre bulletin we believe firsl brought oul the liodman ticket we deprecated iln division but could not help it we found that others regretted it and were anxious to secure such unanimity as would i - dt it po ih!e in presenting bul one ticket to the people ol north < arolina in order to prevent lbe had moral etfectupon our northern enemies of exhibiting divi sion in t he election \\ itbout our knowledge or co-operation bevernl gentlemen wo understand met in this city framed u ticket and tendered it to three political papers here under the sig nature of " many voters we at mice expressed our acquiescence provided one m both would do so vve are positively fissured that no gentleman whose name appeared on tbat ticket was consulted di i iiv uv iudirectly about it and so far as we know not one of them took anv inter est or concern whatever iu promoting its ele lion indeed so general was the wish among tbe conservatives and friends of ; that ticket thai there should be but one ticket and tbat all political or party feel iiie hotilil be removed on that occasion tbat so far vie knew no one felt anv con cern about even having tickets printed or circulated except what was lone by our iiwn press which we did almost entirely as a gratuity not more than 7.011(1 ticket having been ordered from us 5,000 of tin ise l a contemporary i mier such circumstances the miserable clap crap of the " hidden ticket and the iraham and brown ticket thrown out by pnrtizans made such slight impression upon us that we scorned to notice it tbe intimation the ticket failed because of the unpopularity of two or three names on it or because tbe people uf north carolina doubted their loyalty or patriotism is nol only basely false but tbe intimation is a libel upon the nuui sen ami patriotism of tbe people of the state we bave drawn no individual comparisons between the gentlemen who composed tbe two tick ets nor will we but we mav justly re mark tbat no men in north carolina en joy mule fully the confidence and esteem of their fellow citizens as men of in not inteuritv political wisdom and high bear ing than those upon the people's tick et wbo have been so unjustly maligned und traduced in certain quarters â€” ral standard . military execution â€” a gentleman from winchester informs us thai a soldier named miller a private in captain ii ndci son u rilla company was exei i tuesday last near tbat place for shooting his commanding officer with intent to kill the unfortunate man was led forth from prison about 12 o 1 accompanied by clergymen and conducted t a hill in the neighborhood where l he sentem - ul the irl mai tial was read to him j 1 , was then i nd folded and made to sil upi m his coffin ; directly after which the signal was iven and the squad detailed for tbe purpose i fired up u bim two i diets pierced his heart and he died a stl throughout the tryiny he ex utmost fortitude and met !.;- fate i *â– this is one of the painful incidents of wni - which we have thu far been called upon tc record but seldom â€” richmond dispatch

carolina watch man wkkklv vol mx salisbury n 0 ., december 9 1861 mvmi.ks 52 1 1 bill ner kd1t0r nd proi'ribtqr i\li nortiibun intelligence | n iln n'.ii i lk hay ii ok nov j.'l . \\ g present our reader to day some in . resting extracts from the baltimore sun ftlie 20th : . . , i i risokkr8 in hie south i uk ik conni nos imi i i.i > i ii r i s t..m i im l.l.l i ers â– philadelphia paper contain numer \' , icts ft om let tera received in t hal m ii hin i dav or two from th â– eedei nl nei â– r kichmond who w pre capi ur â€¢ thi batth ol i ; ill's bluff near lees i || â€¢ letters ive a full nccounl i itlle and v i mies uf the pi iso tiers . i â€¢ i . 1 although ncknow l tig ug t he ! i re ii metil nl the hands of t hen cap , the wi itei - hope for speedy reli i iu exch.'i ti t pi isotiers i'he . s of the battle contained in lhe let ... tig to w h at i s a i read v k no w n . â– make lhe o i iw i exti acts ho ever i ' im lieut hooi'kk e we losl tin 1 ;\', i here \\ is no ill i o surrender or swim the . bul n - doing we would have left â– hands ol the enemy : i u would be taken prison . . , : ei our commands nl i tin retreat had ' n sonit i it j - u - ui -â– >â€¢, am a,-i ,-- the ruer safe ; . ... there wore n great main a shot v ii ende i oring to . in ' 1 have no doubl i . '\ re drowt id | lie liirht w i a vei v si vero on â€¢. there nboul 1 300 men engaged on our . ', " > he enemy i i s â– ' magnified into 1 ui wl lie set down their foi â– â– â– at i we understood before we i ri iss it it was 4,000 i - - v ere fi ira five to - : .\ hundred of â€¢ i iers ami conveyed to i . es a . place we left for manassas in â€¢ i jrhl about 1 2 â– iv-lock and ar i there on \\ in - ii morning about fl man issas : he same â– ng or i ch ', md ni ived bei â– nb ml , ... on thursday moi ning w e are j ..,â€¢.â– !. 1 iu a large tobacco warehouse .- :: â– i taken at ' he h itl le of 1 . â– quartered the ntcomiii i i ll ll to i hose ol the t on neiilai might be in ich h i se than ; : ui â– . we are furnished with ns ol brea i and fresh meat da ly i ioth â– which are cceedii sjly _: â– â€¢ id and u i ~ : un danger of starving kor ex is â€¢,,,,. will : um in - an i get whatever ve an us i s as our money holds out the drawing setting apart certain pri rs to be dealt with in the ame m in , ... c iptured pri \ ateersm in al the n took ii ice , ui th 10th inst lieut iper says that the piisonors are ol lie m â€¢ h it the pi ivateersmeo will not be federal prisoners at charleston letter from colonel corcoranâ€”interest ing account of matters in castle pinck â– ., charleston harbor â€” condition oj the i a mi i'n nin rs \\ v ui the following extracts from . from col < loreoran ol the new .> sixt * ninth k igiiiieut now iu con ii itrit.nl at i ' isl le i hnokney s ( !. h .- i c in n'.-l it will be remembered at i in and is held as a hostage for n eoiivie-e 1 of piracy in fhila lei - i v , c says : in my last i mentioned that the people i v'u lesion had treated us w ah coiisid " i lesv on tli '' isioii ol our ar . i ami depai ture from ihat city but . : i stale mot her favorable change ir | id ul here 1 he officers hav e md on which the oas : mti i from reveille to retreat and owed on the ramparts until tattoo rank and lile are allowed the liberty be interior yard during the aforesaid i nu th . mge from \ ir ' i hospitalil v where we had not been i .- moment for air or exercise ng the ii \ da s of our detention in ever nn morable tobacco factory aud without bedi inij of any kind bishop of tin place v isit.'d im and .:, thai mild gentlemanly and chris ' â€” i i for which all our clergy every where and under all circumstances have , truly characterized h handed til the in ik 1 in his possession and ot b i lood in tin greatest need and p pointed to cine here last thursday to brate mass and attend to tbe religions iii - of tbe prisoners ; but the day 1 wet and btormj that it was impos - without imminent danger lo cross yer from the city but we expect him at his earhs-i i.nn__ni_iiÂ»i this is tho first timo thill any rijy.'iieiil ititcrcsl has lic-n taken tu om spiritual welfure tile good sisters ot'otlr i'altll i'e-i'llllg ill liichtnond who thank god can rine uliove nil national or sectional strife nnd contention of the world with their usual iiul self s.,,-1 ii,-ii : r am i christian disposi tion to render aid and comfort t tho af flicted attended lu bui h of our wounded is were at the o,.||,.ial s|iital ; and mir officers and men who were there and who represent all classes of religion are uimni mon in th.ii praise of tin care and attun lion bestowed m dressing mid cleaning the h oundi d and main ai â€¢ i ibuie their re ci i , i v io i hen nut ii mo exorl ions i n another letter col i loreoran write a follows : the prisoners here v ho lefi uichmond , m t he i i h uii coi -'-' of ihim four offi ci is nu ' 120 tion iniii'--i in i officers and privates among thu formal are tin ee colon is i ii itelinul colonel nnd u mnji u litis |, i is alieath wel known ilu re fore need no desci iption i'he en a'tuates nre , locupii'd us tin it lers as nu \ isitors nre iilh iwed here we nre not stil j cted to tin idle nnd i iff.*tisi u cut iosit \- ot spec i t â€¢!-. , was thu case ni kichmotid w here crowds were permilted lo nsseinlile in fronl of out iu iaon (" in nl ii nil day Â« hen ever we weiil to cat h h hi eath of ah al i he Â« ind iw -. Â« v !. the in favored i vidua ,.!.'( in . i |. ,--, . lo enter a in in it . cases i , ,, s . ,'.-,- ,. .;, ' . . .- is nil kinds of ones i ed llie | iple i uharh ston ;,'â– -â– â– i sti ing contrast in gen â– tn n v li i ivioin towards i on our hi i i ui ii i irtui : . ' i large number wei â– pi 'â€¢-,â€¢!,! oi in fusions i,,,t a gle , ti tisive word >\ is spoken or ac com mitted w â€¢â€¢ nre all here in gi â– al i 1 , if c ith ing nnd in many i â€¢ - - w l houl a - i ure atn of i lifferent tilings ii ially iiecessiit \ . i received some ill ,- tnuii i i , itive in 1 ill v have he : expended and lietitenaul < on noil and mysell are tnnotig the bankrupts i :â– ir some days past i am well sal sfii i there are some in * liarleston who would i \ ie iln ir lasi dollar with me but i can , - it n there appears to be no ' . ' ; lying perhaps for \ ear iiulei ' ullem ti were so kind as i -,, make in iiiiry il i needed anj thing ' which 1 repli i in the negative and while nl richmoi i i rcei ed . e iniinuiiicatioi from i gftiilemati from montgomi rv ala who is sa i to be one ol t he weal i hiesl gentlemen in that city stating that he was mosl desirous of supplying me with any â– dug i required 1 am j ,,-..â– sal isfied ti i i emain hi re as long a u may be consideri d nee -- iry to serve the purposes ol my governmenl or iir people ; but i am exceed ny j anxious thai the rank and file ufthe different regi ments should be seen lo as soon as possi ble the in ior fellow - are ill most earn eÂ»tl iii â– .;â– 1 to th bi rt interests of their mti ' . and are ul i ing much from w ir , f proper clothing or anv changes i under _ irtjients many are without shoes coats or bed covering which is a cheerless prospect with the near approach uf cold weaibei ; and above all things their poor families in n_aii cases musi certainly suffer from want ol the assistance they could i s - ii s.1 â€¢*!- if al liberty and many are 1 tin three mouths volunteers who made no provision lor absence beyond that time and whose future welfare depends upon their return al the very earliest pet iod till enemy i n ouli c ast v o un from a reliable source ihat a vauki â– â€¢ i i'gimen has landed and taken possession t portsmouth in this state and that there are ten yankee steamers in |' unlit , --. um wil h the ex â€¢ ptii n ol | ii in ivi row iv \., tic inhabitants aboul i ),- r ;,â– ..... ,, reckers and fishermen - have o-i ii iu their adhesion to the \ auk in order to save iheir properly 1 hese are a | pie sui gem ris and are in uo degree â€¢ t t ],,â– . :' tin population oi eastern north ( 1 a i ' o i i u a . mr farrow we are glad to hear gol safely off from the i ankees but we are n..t apprized as to how ins property hired â€” rali i jh registi r si ci nil congressional district â€” \\ e vai that the statement ofthe returns from uimvtli congressional district recently luitmlu'd in iln paper wa incur et i in iai-iit piiblisln-d by lis oave mr urns >. r - li " ; sucee-st'ui candidate only ,- 1 in-i^vtv over his principal competitor mi >. ib christian while according to tin iffll returns his actual majoiily wa i imvliieli would ha been inerci.-ed ha tbjhtunis from two companies one troti aiixi aud the i itb.r from montgomery beewcounted the official vote is a foi lowi^ashe 19:i',l christian 1758 wad dell i j 7 g ; ileaden 851 ral reg from the petersburg expn remarkable escape from lin colndom safe arrival home william ii parvin and william ik willis ofthe washington " greys cap ' lam thomas sparrow from washington n < '., passed through petersburg evening before last on their return home after a ong imprisonment at the north their sscupe from further confinement and their iubsequenl avoidance of detection and ar rest ar remarkable â€” almost miraculous itiey were taken prisoners in company with many other gallant north caroli mans at foi i i latlcras we aie all a main ted with the circumstances of the ui lender from llaltera \ ik \ wen im ken lo fori t.afavetle the bastile ol new \ oik here they were kopl in close con liiiumenl until the latter pai t .,;' i ctober wlnn thoy were ill pul aboard a sleumei and taken to 1 mi \\ ai i ui pear 1 1 ti m i ie full account of this removal w as copied in the express some time ago from ti new yoi k //. , aid < m i heir w ay to fori warr n parvin and willis formed some plan ol escape and announced their intention to captain sparrow who told ihem i hey musl do il l their risk ll the tailed heavy irons and close con tine rn nl for the b dam i t he w at â€¢â– â– onkl be their lot but ihe p .-*- sed brav hearts and were confident uf success lhe sup pli 1 tin m-e.i , s with bread and w iter a candle _â€¢ _-. ( hi llieii tirri al al i 'â– â– â– ton 1 in un u m ere uiau hed a n â– â€¢ i coiupa . as theii i am - wi re call d inline diati 1 bel re the i noes of the " \\ nsh mgioii iii were called parvin wi . - , . ih r company descended trom the dec's ui ,.| found their w a into un ex ira coal room of the steamei . hen the concealed thomseh i *-, and in a little w had built np a wail ot , ual at oulid iln iii ,: any poison entering the n id not disco er t hem their late c mi nis u ai in were g i,e and lhe w ere uow alone iu t he dark uuw hoh sotu bunk of an enemy's sieamer not know i y wl at a da or an hour might laine forth in tin condition they remained lor a day or probably a day and n night when a large number of sailors were brought abi ird the steamer to be shipped lo new york on the 1st of november the vessel left boston and lauded her load at the brooklyn navy yard in lhe bustle and confusion consequent upon their embarka l :.. our ii ro thought they iniybt leave their place of concealm lit and make iheir escape they gained the deck and went unobserved on shore with lhe crowd ot irs i bit tlu-y soon aw that their lime fore-cape bad not yet come all around the navy yard were statioued seiiiinels whom ii would be impossible to pass â€” ihev therefore resolved to return to the steamer and await yet longer ihey now concealed themselves in the private apart ment of the boat and remained ihus for two days when dually and asil providen tially in one of her tups the sti amer ran alotil of a schooner in the river and was reported so much damaged as to cause her to make tbr jersey city wnh all possible speed great excitement wa produced among her passengers and everything and everybody were in the utmost contusion a in favorable opportunity now lot the prisoners to scape aud lhe took a van tago ol it they left their hiding place again and as soon as the jerse city land ing was reached they rushed ashote lhe then took passage on a ferry boat for n yoik in tins great city ihey found a li lend w bo took them in and kindly cared for them 11 ud ised w hat lhe should di i and furnished them w ith moiie to complete their plans they took passagi io baltimore as i nion sailors anti sou thern >, coshers of the deepest dye lu tin noble monumental city tin had not fai l o go before meeting with friends of tb south and her defenders clothes an oven to them and ihey are aided in get ling employment on a wood schooner bound for some point on the lower marx land shore for sixteen days tiie workei like beavers and b their unusual indus trious habits and good behaviour tbey gained lbe unbounded confidence ol iln i laptain lbs every wish was law and every act was done with pleasure but lhe proud captain was soon to be deprived of ins prizes it was the night for parvin to keep watch and the captain had retir ed and willis bad pretended to do so bul hands were busy aseyes sails for tin smai boat attached to the schooner were mad and fitted the proper hour bad come the sign was given and the two men set forth upon the dark waters it was all : venture with them for tbey knew no whether lhc might land among friends ol em nne after long hours of suspense am w.ary travel they landed on the virgini side ofthe putomac below acqtiia greek mere they were taken in custody and sen i lo general holmes headquarters where i ihev were joyfully recognized by old sc luainiaiicos from norih carolina tbey were furnished with free passes over the ailroads homes is not this h strange and romantic tale e.uler uutil i nevertheless true and nits fiction to i he blush singular fncident.â€”the lynchburg lieptibheaii relates the following somewhsl ellial k.lble sl,,i y '. we were yesterday informed by h gen ili ii an i.i aii incident remarkable alike lor t singularity as wnll as for its melancholy fulfillment lo i he brothel of f the par i ieil co 1 1 1'.cl lie i 1 ii--i i lol e ! lie wal i i ike uii nn i before lincoln's proclamation was issued n young virginian nam i sum mertield was i-iiiii iheciiy of ns york where in ma tin acquaintance ol two misses 11 ; i om \\ at i i.ui v vermont 1 le became souiew bal intimate w ih i he \ oung ladies and th intei course seemed io i un ii i \ igr cable i lc proclama tion \> as i sin â€¢!. an i lhe w ie ie north ihi os ii n.i a blaze l uxciti ineut i poll i !,,' hel ies one v etiitig and at the hotii ol | irting 1 1 â– \ reiuai ked lo sum mertield tl il tin present meeting Â« ould ild i he last ilu ii ust hun . â– iu making up the o , i coats and , oihiug for the vuliiuteers from ihi n low li sutnniei field exptessed his legi i i that ' in y iniihl â€¢. i ui at the same tune ,'-], cially requested them lo see thai ,-, , re nits wen well in.l le .,- it was im mt ver met lbe vermont i â– â– giliienl .!, bul lie to kill one of them unci ns c it now for the sequel \ ir u ma seceded lhe second \ ermoul li - eiiiiei.i.a portion ot which was from the town of \\ ateibtiry was senl to virginia lhe hattie of manassas Â« as fought ill he were i iti^agi tl und so Â« as sum i v â€¢ â– : lc i al lie s marki d his man not knowing to what state he grd l he fatal ball was sped on its < r rai i f death the \ iclim foil al the flash ol the gun and upon rushing up to secure the in ud m in arms summertii id observ . . thai he had a fine new ovi rcoat sti ap ed to his hack wl ch he determined to appi pi iate lo in ow ii use the figl i w as over and sumu.ert.eid had time to oxam ; i e when leniat k ible as il mav appear the coat was marked in the lining with the name ol tl i nn .- lb ilmes and in t lc pockets w re found lei ters signed wi , lhe name of the sister whom sum mertield had known in new york and to w in ui i i had made the rem ark we have led in w hich i he dead man w as ad du --> d as in other i he e ideuce was conclusive in had killed the brother of his li ii in i and the leinai k w inch he had made i bad a nielaiiclii dy fulfilment we aie assured this narrative is literally true suninii iii id now wears the coat and our informant states is not a little impressed with the singularity of the coincidence salt the following proceedings with reference to supplying the people of the state with the article of salt s ere had in the ( . on v c 1 1 : i ii n on the 27th ull : m , . \\ oodtiu from t he committee on salt i ej oi led i hal lhe i ollllliittee had no means of ascerlaii ing the quantity requir ed by tin peo le of the slate or the amount on hand i here would doubtless be a great ,!â– ficiei i . i v as i stimati d that 51)0,000 bushels were annually consumed in the stale i here w as not more than one-tilth of this amount in market now and pro i ablv anol her lit 1 b was m t he li of those win had already purchased foi their own use the deficiency woul . amount to at le 1 300,000 bushels and tin the sah works near abingdon va whence our slip i was chiefly drawu,ooiild lint furnish uu ic lhan out bushel ill till it was the opinion of the committee we mii-t look to tiie manufacture ol salt on ; in sea boai d i the besi means ol s cm ing a supply . the thought an abund ance could be pr , ctiied ou the si-aeon 1 boiling even at this season ol lhe sear und at less than ._ per bushel individual enterprise was totally inadequate lo the production of the quantity needed aud immediate actiou was uecessary the report was accompanied by an or dinance proposing the appointment of 8 commissioner lo enter at once upon tin manufacture of sail on the coast to la furnished to lhe people of the state at est including price of transportation the or di nance appro nates 100,000 to be usei in erecting and furnishing the oecessan works this ordinance together with tin report waa ordered to be printed and liei over under rule tor consideration to-mor row the kl.lv toral ticket we are not disponed to continue or pro mote a controversy in regard to tbe late electoral vote in ihis slate nor will wo bandy epithets with those who from bad habits if not from bad breeding are too prone to indulge in unjust false and vul gar criticism upon tbe characters action or motives of gentlemen whose high mor al standing places ihem far above the reach of tbe shafts of malice bul it may be proper for us as we have unwittingly aided in placing tbe names of tbe genilemen which appeared on the people's ticket in a position to in aimed at and traduced by those who are unwortby to be named in the ame connection wit-fa th m to l r i\e n word of explanation the ih-i electoral ticki t whicli we saw published iu the state i|,],,:ii a in ihe lialeigb register from an anonymous correspondent that ticket ue presume formed lbe basis of the other tickets which afterwards appeared find ing thai the members of the legislature had f'aili ,| lo suggesi n ticket and tbal tbe peo le had let lbe lime slip for doing so the standard wilh the sole ie\v ol'liai inonizing the feelings of all proposed a lickei without consulting any one which we hoped would be acceptable we were unfortunate in our suggestions not sup posing that any dislike to us or to mir com â€¢â€¢ would necessarily pi luce in a m.-it tei of that kind a diversity of sentiment our cotemporaiies , the register and ireensborougb patriot al once raised tbe names of messrs graham and bragg for the state it large instead of messrs lieid in uu which we had named and the i harlotre bulletin we believe firsl brought oul the liodman ticket we deprecated iln division but could not help it we found that others regretted it and were anxious to secure such unanimity as would i - dt it po ih!e in presenting bul one ticket to the people ol north < arolina in order to prevent lbe had moral etfectupon our northern enemies of exhibiting divi sion in t he election \\ itbout our knowledge or co-operation bevernl gentlemen wo understand met in this city framed u ticket and tendered it to three political papers here under the sig nature of " many voters we at mice expressed our acquiescence provided one m both would do so vve are positively fissured that no gentleman whose name appeared on tbat ticket was consulted di i iiv uv iudirectly about it and so far as we know not one of them took anv inter est or concern whatever iu promoting its ele lion indeed so general was the wish among tbe conservatives and friends of ; that ticket thai there should be but one ticket and tbat all political or party feel iiie hotilil be removed on that occasion tbat so far vie knew no one felt anv con cern about even having tickets printed or circulated except what was lone by our iiwn press which we did almost entirely as a gratuity not more than 7.011(1 ticket having been ordered from us 5,000 of tin ise l a contemporary i mier such circumstances the miserable clap crap of the " hidden ticket and the iraham and brown ticket thrown out by pnrtizans made such slight impression upon us that we scorned to notice it tbe intimation the ticket failed because of the unpopularity of two or three names on it or because tbe people uf north carolina doubted their loyalty or patriotism is nol only basely false but tbe intimation is a libel upon the nuui sen ami patriotism of tbe people of the state we bave drawn no individual comparisons between the gentlemen who composed tbe two tick ets nor will we but we mav justly re mark tbat no men in north carolina en joy mule fully the confidence and esteem of their fellow citizens as men of in not inteuritv political wisdom and high bear ing than those upon the people's tick et wbo have been so unjustly maligned und traduced in certain quarters â€” ral standard . military execution â€” a gentleman from winchester informs us thai a soldier named miller a private in captain ii ndci son u rilla company was exei i tuesday last near tbat place for shooting his commanding officer with intent to kill the unfortunate man was led forth from prison about 12 o 1 accompanied by clergymen and conducted t a hill in the neighborhood where l he sentem - ul the irl mai tial was read to him j 1 , was then i nd folded and made to sil upi m his coffin ; directly after which the signal was iven and the squad detailed for tbe purpose i fired up u bim two i diets pierced his heart and he died a stl throughout the tryiny he ex utmost fortitude and met !.;- fate i *â– this is one of the painful incidents of wni - which we have thu far been called upon tc record but seldom â€” richmond dispatch